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Webster 1913 Edition
Preceptial
Pre-cep′tial
,Adj.
Preceptive.
[Obs.]
[Passion] would give
preceptial
medicine to rage. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Preceptial
PRECEP'TIAL
,Adj.
Definition 2024
preceptial
preceptial
English
Adjective
preceptial (comparative more preceptial, superlative most preceptial)
- (obsolete) preceptive
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 5 Scene 1
- [...] for, brother, men
- Can counsel and speak comfort to that grief
- Which they themselves not feel; but, tasting it,
- Their counsel turns to passion, which before
- Would give preceptial medicine to rage [...]
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 5 Scene 1
Translations
preceptive